EL SALVADOR Sends More Gang Members to Mega Prison

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El Salvador, under the presidency of Nayib Bukele, has built the world’s largest prison to combat gang culture. To achieve this, he suspended the constitutional rights of suspected gang members and arrested over 70,000 of them, with 40,000 currently housed in the state-of-the-art prison. New footage has emerged showing the transfer of 2,000 additional prisoners to the facility.

The prison, dubbed the “concrete pit,” is notorious for its harsh conditions, with prisoners being allowed zero comforts and no human rights. Human rights campaigners have called it a “black hole” and a “concrete pit,” while a UN official described it as a place where prisoners are ” Dispatched without applying the death penalty.” In response, President Nayib Bukele has offered to hand over prisoners to any country willing to take them.

The prison is a high-security facility spread over 57 acres, with eight prison blocks and a heavily armed helicopter patrolling the area. Prisoners are transferred to the facility under heavy guard, with no talking allowed and heads shaved. Upon arrival, they are processed, given a prisoner number, and allocated to cells that house up to 156 prisoners. The cells are brutal, with no exercise equipment, and prisoners are issued with long white boxer shorts, no shoes, and no personal items.

The prison guards are heavily armed and trained in riot control, with guard-to-prisoner ratios of 1:1. The guards are housed in dormitories with private shower facilities, private lockers, and access to a gym, while prisoners are kept in their cells, with no opportunity for exercise or socialization. The prison has been compared to concentration camps in World War II, with some even suggesting that the conditions are worse. The prison’s location in a remote area, far from major cities, is designed to make it difficult for gangs to break in or out.

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